Two gray schist panels, Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 2nd / 4th century | 犍陀羅約二 / 四世紀灰片岩雕佛板一組兩件

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Property from a German Private Collection

Two gray schist panels

Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 2nd / 4th century

(2)

Length of longer 39 cm, 15⅜ in.

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Collection particulière allemande

Deux panneaux en schiste gris sculpté, ancienne région du Gandhara, circa IIe / IVe siècle

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犍陀羅約二 / 四世紀灰片岩雕佛板一組兩件

This finely carved panel depicts a standing Buddha among figures including an ascetic to his right and Vajrapani to his left, and receiving alms from a celestial bodhisattva above, the scene framed with a scrolling vine border and a repeating acanthus motif along the upper edge; together with a false gable stupa panel depicting a standing Buddha among devotees, a child, and an ascetic, with winged atlas and crouching elephants beneath, a floral border and a pedestal above supporting fragmentary figures.

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